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Meetups, mixers, summits, panels, breakfasts, brunches, lunches, dinners, receptions, roundtables, hackathons, pitch competitions, block parties, poker nights...
It's easy to feel overwhelmed by the calendar of #BOSTechWeek, which lists 670+ events between May 26 (the Tuesday right after Memorial Day) and the end of that week.
No reason to panic. Along with my colleagues Maya Shavit, Maren Halpin and Hannah Baratham-Green, I have put together the short version of the calendar based on the happenings Boston's tech insiders don't want to miss.
Consider it the list of #events you REALLY want on your radar. As Caitlin Reimers Brumme put it: "Epic week coming up!"
(You're welcome.)
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Thanks to Hyperagent for supporting Tech Week this year.
Hyperagent is building tools for the next generation of AI-native companies, helping teams operate agent-first businesses more effectively with usable, collaborative AI systems.
Thank you to Howie Liu, Nate Franklin, Kevin Dunn, PMP®, Gabby Richardson, Victoria Plummer, and the Hyperagent and Airtable teams for supporting builders and operators in our host cities.
Catch them at Tech Week:
Build with Airtable AI: Workflow Hackathon (Boston)
https://lnkd.in/gwuVWQ9G
Build Agent-first Companies with Hyperagent (NYC)
https://lnkd.in/gRvhZqsz
HSBC Innovation Banking US is honored to be hosting New York TECH WEEK by a16z.
Join HSBC Innovation Banking US and Andreessen Horowitz for Building to Disrupt: AI in Enterprise & Fintech. This exclusive reception will bring together leading VCs, founders, and senior executives for networking and discussions on where AI is creating real enterprise and fintech value.
Seema Amble, GP, a16z, Tarek Alaruri, CEO, Stuut, Vladimir Keil, CEO, Lio (formerly askLio), Ari Malik, CEO, Salient, Adam Millsom, Managing Director, HSBC, Andrew Oddo, Managing Director, HSBC
Request an invitation here: https://lnkd.in/eefYRAnK
Thrilled to have Cloudflare joining Tech Week this year.
Cloudflare helps teams build, connect, and protect everything they ship, from apps and infrastructure to AI agents and dev tools, all on one network.
Big thanks to Fatima Yusuf, Sabrina Farmin, Catherine Pierce, Pranav Sekhar, and the Cloudflare team for showing up for builders at Tech Week.
Catch them in Boston and New York: https://lnkd.in/gQpFkqGA
Welcome Rose Johnson, Marketing Partner, Tech Week at Andreessen Horowitz on this episode of 🔥The Lantern 🔥
Boston Tech Week is coming next week! It's the biggest new city launch a16z has ever done.
The week runs May 26th to 31st and the calendar is sitting at 650+ events spanning software, deep tech, robotics, defense, healthcare, life sciences, and consumer.
This massive decentralized effort is being hosted across the city by Founders, VCs, Operators, and Enterprise teams.
Rose is back on The Lantern to help walk through what's on the calendar, what's worth showing up for, and how to navigate it without missing the good stuff!
🔍 How did the Boston Tech Week calendar come together and what stands out? 🔎
The Tech Week team set an internal goal of 500 events and…our Boston ecosystem blew past it!
What stands out isn't just the volume, it's the quality and the breadth, going well beyond Boston's hallmark Bio and healthcare industries.
A few top events Rose flagged…
-Building In Boston with HubSpot co-founder Brian Halligan and a16z speedrun GP Jonathan Lai
-Titans of Boston Tech with Brian Halligan (HubSpot), Eric Paley (Sec. of Economic Dev, Commonwealth of MA) and Jeffrey Bussgang (GP, Flybridge) joined by Lior Div (CEO, 7AI), Kim Walsh (GTM, Lovable), and Brian Elliott (CEO, Blitzy)
-Next in Care: How AI is Reshaping Healthcare by HSBC featuring a16z's Jorge Conde
-From Platform to Pipeline with the CEO of Cartography Biosciences
-AI with Impact: Building Housing Affordability with Elise AI
-ASI is hosting a hackathon inside Fenway Park
-WHOOP's Massachusetts AI Coalition 100 Days party which has the whole ecosystem talking!
🎯 How should people actually navigate 650+ events? 🎯
Go to tech-week.com/calendar, browse Boston, then use the “Build Your Lineup” function to star events and generate a personalized, shareable calendar.
The curated tracks are worth exploring, including hackathons with prize pools up to $50K.
You can also search by company, so type in WHOOP, Anthropic, HubSpot, DraftKings, xAI, Fenwick, and see what each is hosting.
🤝 How can we help deliver a successful Boston Tech Week? 🤝
Sign up for events!
Most registrations land in the final two weeks, and hosts are still actively approving.
Share where you're going on LinkedIn, drum up the excitement, and SHOW UP.
The Boston ecosystem already proved it can organize the events, now we get to show the world how Boston operates!
The Lantern is brought to you by MGMT Boston, Rise73 & Invest Northern Ireland – Americas this month
For those of you going to Boston Tech Week but who are not from Boston, this is your guide! For context I've lived in Boston for the majority of the last 10 years and have lived in many different neighborhoods and love it here!
Travel Advice:
- Boston is extremely walkable, you can walk pretty much any part of the city.
- The T is better than many other transportations systems (but not as good as NYC). Ignore the Bostonians that like to complain, it's generally pretty efficient.
- Getting to and from the airport is pretty easy. They have express buses that are free from the airport that go to Back Bay. You can also uber/taxi/T from there as well. The airport is 10-15 minutes to downtown with no traffic.
- Seaport and Southie are bit hard to get to, uber is your best bet.
- The freedom trail is a really cool walk about early American history.
- The Charles River and any ocean views are great. Walk the Esplanade if you can!
People Advice:
- The rhetoric that we are kind and not nice is bullshit, people are kind AND nice, especially in the summer.
- The average person is pretty smart/aware/educated. The culture of knowledge and education seeps into everyone around here.
- We have a quiet but subtle pride here. We also suck at talking about our wins. We are heads down for the most part. I wish the winners in Boston would be a little bit more out in the open, but once people make money they usually cut occasional angel checks and go spend time with their families.
- If you need help, just ask.
Food Advice:
- Seafood and Italian food are incredible. Go to the North End for Italian and downtown/seaport for seafood.
- Overall the food scene is pretty solid.
- A few restaurant recs:
Black Lamb, Porto, Sorellina, Omakase 311, Franklin Cafe, anywhere in the North End, the Quin' house (it's members only, but if you know someone who belongs its really good)!
- A few bar recs:
Nice Cocktails: Blind Duck, D16, Oak Bar, Carrie Nation, Street Bar
Fun Dives: JJ Foleys, Anchovies, Deluxe, The Sevens
I've also included this map with the neighborhoods and universities!
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+1 party: everyone brings a friend they want to set up.
For love, a job, a roommate, a collaborator, anything.
Because it's friends of friends, every new conversation comes with built in trust, and everyone shares what they're looking for and what they can offer.
Just hosted an amazing +1 party this weekend! Friends were looking for everything from love, handwriting classes, good engineers, thought partners, and even a girlfriend for their roommate.
People also had a wide range of amazing things that they wanted to help with, including latte art tutorials, Equinox guest passes, jokes and wonder, a karaoke partner, serendipity, Japanese citizenship, and even an appetite that exceeds their income.
Creating a space where people could truly express what they need and what they're excited to help with in a room full of mutuals felt like a little village where people really got to know one another.
I have never been at an event where so many people approached each other and walked out with new friends, partners, jobs, etc.
It's been so much fun to develop a physical manifestation and experience of Vega IRL, and I'm so excited for the next!
Benjamin Lee and I are hosting another one of these events on June 5 with TECH WEEK by a16z! Link to RSVP in comments!
